You didn’t get the job you wanted? It’s happened to most of us at some stage or another. When the letter or the call comes through, it’s a horrible feeling – the metaphorical kick in the stomach. So, what happens next?
“Studying Law doesn’t mean you have to be a lawyer. As obvious as that sounds, it took me years to fully come to terms with the fact that if I didn’t become a lawyer I wouldn’t be ‘wasting my degree’.” Here’s Warwick law school alumna and journalist with the Coventry Telegraph, Antonia Rose Bannister, on the … More Don’t want to be a lawyer? No problem!
We all know you need this if you’re going to secure a graduate job. It’s up there with the list of key attributes, team-working, communication skills, attention to detail, analytical ability, but what does it actually mean? How do you get to be “commercially aware” and how do you display it?
Students often ask me what kind of opportunities there are to work “in house” and how this might be different from work in City firms. The sad fact is that there are relatively few opportunities to get training contracts in-house (although paralegal positions definitely exist). Once you’re qualified heading off to work for a big … More A job “in-house”? Is it for you?
Here at Warwick students have the opportunity to get involved in supporting American attorneys by participating in a Death Penalty Project. There are opportunities to support the work from campus and every summer some students are competitively selected to go to the US to get “hands-on” experience of legal work involving the common law system. This … More Death Row. An experience of the US criminal system.
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